Tara King 📝

@GWRHelp hi - are more cancellations expected today from Bristol parkway to london beyond what’s on your travel updates website? Thanks

@chris_power @kamilashamsie @mrsjaneymac @TeditorTed @johnypitts @BBCRadio4 @BBCSounds Sunday afternoons won’t be the same. I loved Open Book and often listen to episodes a few times as contain so many gems.

Tune in on Sunday afternoon for the last ever Open Book, featuring @kamilashamsie, @mrsjaneymac and @TeditorTed talking to me and @johnypitts about their most memorable books of the last 25 years @BBCRadio4 @BBCSounds

@chris_power I love the rhythm of this story 🍺

In belated recognition of Robert Coover’s death, give 5 minutes to this brilliant short story newyorker.com/magazine/2011/…

i have never read such an accurate description of rooney's writing. THIS is exactly how i feel. happy intermezzo day 💌

Brilliant 📕 book! Great to see it on the long list!! 🥊

@SouthernRailUK All the live trackers say it’s cancelled - it’s very confusing and we’ve been hanging around for 2 hours now.

@taraking Hello, yes, this service is still scheduled to run. ^Liv

⚠️ There is a fault with the level crossing barriers at Ford and they are stuck in the up position. ❌ Trains are unable to pass through this station and services along our west coast will be disrupted ℹ️ More information to follow

@SouthernRailUK Will the 16.39 from Chichester to london Victoria run please?

@taraking Hiya - sorry for the delay! Trains are on the move again now, and we're putting the service back together as quickly as possible. ^AK

@WomensPrize @FaberBooks A stunning book 📖

‘There was nothing else I could write. The writer I used to be was gone. I could barely finish sentences let alone bring a world around. There was no world – there was just me and my boy.' Claire Kilroy on #SoldierSailor #WomensPrize

Five of the best Alice Munro short stories theguardian.com/books/article/…

We are saddened to hear of Alice Munro’s death. In memory of her life and work, four of her stories have been unlocked from behind the paywall and are free for all to read.

🎉 Congratulations to Impossible Creatures 🐉📚🎉

It’s not everyday you see a magical grilk in the window! 🐚🪄 Thanks to @BooksGreenwich for the wonderful window to celebrate the launch of Tidemagic: The Many Faces of Ista Flit @clareharlow, illustrated by Karl James Mountford.

@BooksGreenwich @clareharlow @PuffinBooks Thank you for the wonderful launch and for hosting our magical grilk - it was great to meet you all too! 💙

The grilk was in the window but has now moved upstairs for the launch of #Tidemagic @clareharlow @PuffinBooks

Possibly my favourite tweet ever! So much magical fun last night at @BooksGreenwich celebrating the amazing launch of Tidemagic: The Many Faces of Ista Flit by @clareharlow 🐚🪄 The grilk will be on the move again soon....

Congratulations @clareharlow. 🐚🌊🐚 This magical new middle-grade will be landing in bookstores this week!

The prize is open to anyone between the ages of 11 and 14 living in the UK, and this year’s theme is: 🔮 ‘A Secret’ 🔮 And joining the judging panel for 2024 is @PhilipPullman! Find out more about the prize and how to enter here: lrb.me/hu3

Announcing the second year of the Martha Mills Young Writers’ Prize! Inspired by the curiosity and imagination of Martha Mills, the prize seeks to give young people a chance to explore new themes in their writing and to get their work published lrb.me/hu3

Can’t wait to see this wonderful, magical middle-grade book land in just 2 weeks!!!